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Drew Millard
Principal
Concord Capital
Matthew J. Faris
Managing Partner
Commonwealth Development Partners
Ernie Wong
Chair, Chicago Landmarks Council
site design group
Michael Shenouda
Founder
Honore Holdings
Mike Reschke Jr
EVP, Development & Acquisitions
The Prime Group
Matt Pistorio
Principal
R2 Companies
Shannon Burke
Vice President
Bulley & Andrews
Jennifer Schultz
Partner
Nixon Peabody
Reinventing the Loop, one building at a time
Downtown Chicago has committed more than $2 billion to 35 office-to-residential conversion projects so far this year, accounting for nearly 4,500 new apartments in progress, underway, or delivered — from the Magnificent Mile to the LaSalle Street corridor. This December, we'll bring together the developers, architects, lenders, and city officials turning the Loop's most obsolete office towers into its newest neighborhoods, and look at what's next as this year's wave of groundbreakings moves toward delivery.
What We'll Cover:
The State of Conversions
Downtown Chicago's $2B+ Conversion Wave: Inside This Year's 35 Projects
The LaSalle Street Corridor: This Year's Progress, Delays, and Lessons Learned
Financing the Turnaround
Stacking TIF, Historic Tax Credits, and Equity to Get Deals Built
Underwriting Repositioned Assets in a Complex Rate Environment
Design, Construction & Preservation
Historic Preservation Meets Modern Conversion
Construction Costs, Labor, and Timelines for Occupied and Aging Buildings
What's Next
Beyond Office-to-Residential: Hotels, Life Sciences, and Other Adaptive Reuse Plays
Tenant Strategy: Managing Existing Leases Through a Conversion
Agenda
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8:00 AM
9:00 AM
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Opening Networking
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9:00 AM
9:45 AM
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Into the Mag Mile and Beyond the Loop
Inside Chicago's citywide office conversion boom-where conversion dollars are going this year outside of core downtown projects |
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9:45 AM
10:30 AM
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Cracking the LaSalle Street Code: What It Actually Takes to Get a Conversion Built
Stacking TIF, historic tax credits, and equity to get conversions built |
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10:30 AM
11:30 AM
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Closing Networking
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